Godzilla Stomps the Competition to Become the King of the Box Office

The King of the Monsters roared back into theaters this weekend, easily crushing his box office rivals. The Warner Bros.-Legendary reboot of Godzilla debuted with a stellar $93.2 million to become the No. 1 movie in North America.

Godzilla had the best opening day of the year Friday with $38.5 million, but Captain America: The Winter Soldier so far remains 2014's best opening weekend with $95 million. Globally, Godzilla bowed with an estimated $103 million for a current worldwide total of $196.2 million.

The weekend's other major new release, Million Dollar Arm, opened in fourth place with an estimated $10.5 million.

Last weekend's champ, Neighbors, slipped to second place with $26 million, while The Amazing Spider-Man 2 finished in third place with $16.8 million in its third weekend in release. The web-slinger's latest has so far earned $172.2 million domestically and $633.2 million worldwide.